Alabama lawmakers have voted to exempt economic developers from the state law that governs lobbyists. The Alabama Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to the bill. It now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Under the bill, economic developers would not be considered lobbyists and would not register with the state or be required to disclose their employers…
Eighteen men and women from across the state won cash prizes in the team grand prize drawing for Scale Back Alabama. Participating in the closing ceremony for Scale Back Alabama were Mayor Tommy Battle and Ashley Polesak of Huntsville and Ashley Gardner, the 2019 Official Scale Back Alabama trainer. More than 51,000 pounds were lost from January through April, and…
Governor Kay Ivey encourages Alabamians and citizens across the country to support the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund (GERF), following several recent severe weather events across the state. The GERF is administered by the Governor’s Office of Volunteer Services and was created after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina in 2004 and 2005. Money donated to the GERF supports the unmet needs of…
Alabama is seeking a new execution date for an inmate who was spared last week when the clock struck midnight before a divided U.S. Supreme Court said the lethal injection could proceed. The state has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to schedule an execution for 46-year-old Christopher Lee Price. A federal judge postponed Price’s lethal injection last week. The high…
Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott has died at his home in Huntsville. A statement released by the space agency says Garriott died Monday. He was 88. Garriott flew aboard the early space station Skylab in 1973, spending about 60 days in space. He also was part of the ninth space shuttle mission aboard Columbia in 1983. That six-person crew was…
A man has died days after he was accidentally shot outside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant when a gun discharged inside a baby’s diaper bag. The Jefferson County coroner’s office says that 22-year-old Timothy Roshun Smith Jr. has died. Police in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills say Smith was preparing to change his daughter’s diaper in a car outside…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by ASE Credit Union, is presented by Mr. Mattox’s 5th grade class at Dalraida Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
The Alabama Supreme Court has appointed a new judge to oversee the trial of a Montgomery police officer accused of murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man. The court last week named retired Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Samuel Henry Welch to preside in the case. Aaron Cody Smith is awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of 58-year-old…
TODAY/TOMORROW: An area of high pressure slides off to the east today and we are going to have warmer temperatures in the days ahead thanks to a more southerly flow. Sunshine will once again be in fully supply today, and we should see highs close to 80, followed by mid 80s Wednesday. There will be a few more clouds in…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested a Montgomery man in connection to the Friday evening shooting death of James Bibb, 27, of Montgomery. MPD charged Charles McMeans, 32, with murder after he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Following his arrest, McMeans was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was being held…
